Flexible pocket receptacle



1927 1 630 654 May w. R. BUXTON FLEXIBLE POCKET RECEPTACLE Filed Sept. 16. 1925 2 sheets-sheet 2 IN VEN TOR.

' ATTORNEYS.-

and side elevational views, respectively, of the finished pocket receptacle, shown as opened but not spread;

Figs. 5 and 6 are side elevational and top plan views, respectively, of the receptacle when spread by pressing together its side walls near the ends of the central transverse line of 't'old thereof;

Fig. 7 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 7-7 of Fig. (5;

Fig. 8 is a side elevational view of the receptacle, when closed;

Figs. 9, 10 and 11 are plan views oi the several blanks from which a second form of pocket receptacle is made;

Fig. 12 is a top plan view of such .re ceptacle, shown as opened but not spread;

Fig. 13 is a side elevational view showing the receptacle of Fig. 12 as opened and spread;

Fig. l i is a. cross sectional View showing the receptacle as opened and spread;

Fig. 15 is a top plan view of a third form oi pocket receptacle, shown as opened but not spread, an

16 and 17 are side elevational and top plan views, respectively, of the third form of receptacle, shown as opened and spread.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to 8 inclusive, which show the first and simplest form of the inventon, the pocket receptacle there shown is intended for a coin purse and is of the so-called tray purse type. It is made up from a single blank or piece of leather, or other suitable flexible material, which is out out in the form shown in Fig. 1 and scored along the transverse lines 20 and along the longitudinal lines 21. These lines 20 and 21 define the ends andsides of the finished purse and their intersections define the corners of the finished purse. The lines 21 divide the blank into a relatively wide central portion and two side portions which are about half the width of the central portion and located one on each side thereof. The leather piece is also suitably creased along lines 22, 23 and 24, and cut out in its side edges, as at 25. These lines 22, 23 and 24: extend from said corners inwardly in divergent relation with the adjacent lines 21. The two creases 22, adjacenteach score line 21, intersect centrally between theends of the leather piece and the lines 23 and 2st terminate at the corners of the cut out portions 25. V

The two side portions otthe blank are then folded along the scored lines 21, being brought upwardly and then carried downwardly and superposed upon the central portion of the blank. The edges 26 are then joined together in the manner best shown in Fig. 7 with a stitched sea1n2'7. These edge portions, instead of beingoverlapped, are upturned. That is, after the blank has been folded into tabular form, and before the ends of the tube have been closed, the two side portions to be joined along their edges 26 are laid flatly one upon the other and stitched together in the ordinary manner.

This leaves the edges 26 upturned, when the tube is later flattened down as shown in Fig. 2. The seam is usually ironed down so that it projects only slightly above th 2 adjacent walls. The tubular article, thus formed and tacle is that 'FOllllEtl by the combined out out portions 25.

The receptacle, thus 'lm'ined, is a tray purse having a pocket 30 and a tray 31, the latter being embordered by marginal side and end wings 32 and 33, respectively. The tray communicates with the open mouth of pocket 30, when the purse is opened as shown in Figs. 2 to (3, and functions to close the otherwise open mouth of the pocket, when the tray section of the purse is folded, along a central transverse line indicated at 134, over upon the pocket section, as shown in Fig. 8. The two sections ot the purse may be tastened together by interengngeable fasteners 35, one of which is fixed to a flap 36 secured to one section and the other of which is riveted to the other section.

It will be noted that the back wall oi pocket 30and the floor of tray 31, are each made up of a central shovel-shaped or trapezoidal portion 37 and two oppositely located right-triangular portions 38. The portions making up the back wall of the pocket are oppositely disposed to those making up the floor of the tray so that the bases of the triangular portions and the short parallel sides of the trapezoidal portions all coincide in the common line of fold 34. The apices of the triangular portions 38 are at the corners of the purse. The front wall of: pocket 30 is similarly formed with a trapezoidal portion 39 and two right triangular portions 40. These triangular portions 38 and 10 function to separate the front and back walls of the pocket 30; to depress the floor ot the tray; and to elevate the wings thereof. This is effected by squeezing the sides of the open purse together near the ends of the fold line 34a The squeezing can readily be effected with the thumb and tin ger of one hand while the purse is held therebetween. The result is the swinging of all the right-triangular portions, about the hypothenuse of each through an angle of about degrees, thereby moving these porlilll tions from their normalpositions, in which they lie substantially in the same plane with the trapezoidal portion to which they are connected, to positions in which they lie substantially at right angles thereto. The triangular portions 38 and 40 swing into or at least closely approach a commonplane, as indicated in Fig. 7 and the result is a full and wide spreading apart of the Walls of the pocket and a depression of the floor of the tray, all in a regular, systematic manner and according to a predetermined plan. Naturally also, the side wings 32 of the tray rise with the portions 40 to which they are connected. At the line of connection, the wings 32 become vertical, or substantially so, and the littingmovement is communicated along the sidewings to the end wing 83, although the latter does not rise quite so high as do the side wings at their lines of junction with portions 40.

The same results,as to spreading of the walls of the purse, depression of the floor of the tray and elevation of the wings of the tray, can be efiected in other ways, and still make use of the same principles which permit the action above described. The creasing of the leather piece along the lines 22, and 24 is merely one suitable means for causing the walls of the pocket receptacle to bend in the described manner when squeezed. Any other suitable means which will cause the walls to bend along these lines may be used. For example, in Fig. 12, a trapezoidal piece ll may be applied to one wall of the pocket 30 there shown. This makes the central portion of such wall stili'er than the triangular marginal portions and the result is that the triangular"marginal portions will rise in the same manner as the portions 40. Likewise, by applyinga rectangular stiffening piece, such as 42, to the floor or tray 31', the marginal portions of the door will elevate, when the sides of the purse are squeezed, while the reentorced area remains unbent. It the marginal portions '3' the tloor bend into substantially vertical positions, so will the corresponding portions ot the back wall of pocket 30. Also the wings 32 and 33' will be carried up with the triangular marginal portions of the front wall of the purse. The creasing thus not essential in all cases.

lit should also be pointed out that the purse is restrained, by the bracing action of the joined ends, vfrom bending'readily at that location. Consequently, it one or more walls oi the purse are reentorcedor stillened near the line of told but intermediate the ends this line, lesiiving marginal portions on opposite sides which are tree to bend, the functions above described will be elieeted. That is, there will be definite lines o'lben ding extendingin a straight line from the ends of the reeni orcement to the corners of the purse. It will thus be seen that-the entireareaot the trapezoidal portion 41, or the reenlorcement 42, is not necessary for all purposes, notwithstanding that they are desirable in that the action described is made more definite and certain. It is the portions ofthe reenforcements located near the line of fold3 l, which are really essential where reeni'orcenient, rather than creasing or scoring, is relied upon to make the bending occur repeatedly in a regular and planned manner.

In Figs. 12 and 14, I have shown a reenforcement in channel form caused by a flap l?) formed on the trapezoidal piece 41 and bentbackwardly thereupon over the top wall of pocket 30. hen the stitl'ening piece is of leather or the like, the channel eiiectat the point described is very desirable on account of the increased "stiffness secured. As shown, the reentorcement of the channel shaped and the trapezoidal shaped stitieners are combined to secure ideal tunctioningalthough, obviously, they need not be for all purposes.

The parts 4-1 and 4-8, as shown, are made as one piece and are inserted as a loose-piece lining for the upper wall of pocket 30. By turning down fiap43, cardsor the like can be inserted between the upperfwall of pocket 30 and member 41, so that the pocket partitioned by this member an incidentto its primarv reen'loreing function. Also the flap, as 36 may be formed as a part of member all and passed out or pocket through a slit .in its end, thereby tending to hold the member all in plate. lly preterenee,the sides oi the flap e3 diverge "from their line of junction with member-A11 or otherwise pro ject beyond the ends of said line. Thus, when flap 48 turned down to secure access to the auxiliary pocket, provided lby it, the flap then overlies the wings 32 of trayl ll and cannot readily get into the tray. This eliminates the otherwise possible chance of coins sliding from the tray into't-he auxiliary pocket, when the flap is turned down and also insures that the flap readily accessible. This flap is folded. down or creased so thatit has a natural tendency to stay in the position illustrated.

W'henit is desired to carry bills as well as coins in the purse, 1 applyover the back of the purse apiece 4% which is cut out from a blank of leather or the like in the form shown in Fig. 10. As may be seen from comparison of Figs. 9 and 10, this blank is somewhat longer than the purse to, provide slack assliown in Fig. 13. The blank is provided with side and end flaps 4-? and 4:6,

respectively, which are folded over upon and secured by adhesive to thevtop' walls of the purse, the side flaps at least being skived down, so as not to materially detract from the freely flexible side edge connection 21.

' tacle will serve admirably The piece 14, in that edge which is secured to the side edge of the purse, is cut away at its center, as at 47, to compensate for the slack above described.

By the addition of the slack piece 4.4 I am enabled to increase the depression of the bottom wall ofthe pocket 80 and the de- )I'BSSlOIl oi the floor tray 31. Particularly, I am able to get a greater depression near the closed end oi the pocket and near the closed end oi the tray. The piece ll, therefore, has a real purpose in addition to its usual and obvious purpose FOPUXLUH- pic, I construct the purse from the blank shown in Fig. 9, scored longitudinally at 21 to form a central section, which constitutes the floor l8 oi the tray and the bottom wall 49 of the pocket. The side sections are folded and fastened in the manner above described but the leather is not creased along lines such as 22, 23 and 24,215 formerly. Also, no end flaps 28 are provided and I use the flaps 46 of piece 4H. in their place. Since such a means is available for closing the ends of the purse, I can then cut back the ends of the central portion the blank, as shown at 50, leaving end edges 51 which are materially spaced from the corresponding ends of the purse, as will be seen in Fi 's. 13 and 14. Therefore, the former restriction of the bottom will of the pocket and floor of the tray at their ends, by reason of their connection with'the top wall, is done away with and these ends can and do depress to a substantial degree as will appear from Figs. 13 and 1a. The piece 40 also serves as a limiting means for determinin the extent of depression of the parts Q8 and as, which, when suliiciently depressed, take up all the slack in the piece 4%. p

The invention is not confined to a coin purse and may be usedgenerally for various purposes. With, only slight modifications and increase in dimensions, the pocket recepas atobacco pouch. The tobacco is normally contained in the pocket portion of the receptacle but, when the latter is opened and squeezed as described, the tobacco will slide into the tray portion. The pipe may then be inserted through the opening in the tray and there filled. For this purpose, it is desirable to have the receptacle remain in its spread or squeezed condition without eii'ort on the part of the operator. p

Such an embodiment of the invention is shown in Figs. 15 to 17. The receptacle there shown is constructed in the same general manner and makes use of exactly the same principles as the receptacle shown in Figs. 1 to 8, inclusive. It diliers in that it is larger and in that eachpair of corresponding inclined creases 22 and the correspending pair of creases 2. converge much more rapidly and result in corresponding right-triangular portions of greater area, designated 88 and l0. Also, the opening 52 into the trayis made smaller, relatively to the, area of the tray than formerly, and approximately round in shape. This results in higher wings 32 and 33 for the tray. ()tl'ltl'tVlHG, the construction is substantially the same and will be readily understood without further description, because all parts in Figs. 15 to 17, which correspond to parts shown in Figs. '1 to 8, have been desig nated by the same numerals, double prii'ned.

This receptacle is made so that it will remain in the open and spread position shown in Figs. 10 and 17. To effect this result, the various parts oi" the receptacle are so constructed and arranged that the normal squeezing action, utilized to spread the receptacle as described, will carry the shorter leg ol each right triangular portion 38" not only into the same plane with the corrcspending leg of the adjacent portion 4-0", as indicated by the lines 55 and 56 in Fig. 1?, but slightly beyond this position, as in dicated by the lines :35 and 5b in Fig. 17. The action is something like a toggle in that the parts a? and 40 are carried beyond any po. tion, in which they would tend, when released, to resume their normal positions. The lines 55 and 5b can be considered as analogous to toggle links and it will be scenfroln Fig. 17 that they have crossed centi-n's. ment of the lines f5 and 5(3 beyond the locking position is resisted because the parts 38" and 4-0 would have to fold inwardly like an ordinary bellows told to permit the action. The toggle hold is broken by prcssing the top and bottom walls oi the purse together. Of course, this would not break a toggle with rigid links but the analoginis parts in this receptacle are flexible. Such parts start to bend from both top and bottom, when the described pressure is applied, until suliicienttension is created to snap the central portions out of their inwardly buckled and locking positions.

lVhen the right trianguhir portions 38 and 40 are made as large in area as shown in Figs. 15 to 17, it is generally desirable to reentorce them by a strip 57 applied to their inner walls adjacent the short legs of these portions. This may not be necessary with the stiffer leathers but it is desirable with the more flexible ones to add stillness, hold the parts in shape and insure that they will repeatedly function in the planned manner.

The. operation of the receptacle will be largelyobvious from the foregoing descrip' ion and need be but briefly described. The receptacle, closed as in Fig. 8, is opened by releasing the fasteners 35 and swinging the tray section into extended relation with the pocket section, as shown in Fi 2. The open receptacle is usually held in one hand Any substantial niove- Ill between the thumb and one or more fingers Ro that its side edges can be conveniently pressed together and so that the receptacle can be tilted, if necessary, to cause the contents oi thepochet Ill) to slide out into tray 81. lly pres ing the side edges of the rereptacle ad} at the ends of the lines of told St, the sections :19; and ill are caused to swing into, or clescly approach, a common plane and due to their triangular configuration cause the bottom of the pocket and the floor of the tray to be depressed and the top oi, the pochct and the wings of the tray to be elevated.

in all three forms of the invention, the described action is effected in the same gen eral way, differing only in the particular means by which the walls of the receptacle are biased to bend readily along definite and natural lines which permit the spreading of the walls of the coin pocket in the same gencra l and eifective manner as a spreading is obtained in a bellows fold pocket book but with the following distinctions. The pocket is not constricted in capacity by the presence of the bellows fold elements therein. It is kept thin and flat, whenclosed, for the same reason. Also, by placing the bellows fold elements in the manner disclosed, they are accessible for use," by the described squeezing action, as the means for causing. the spreading of the walls, as CllStlIlgulSllGd from merely bein permissive of the spreading. Moreover, the spreading action on the pocket is coupled with a depression ofthe floor of the tray and a substantial elevation of the wings thereof.

As a consequence, the receptacle can be made very thin and nearly flat, when closed, and yet a wider, more adequate and more satisfactory opening of the pocketcan be effected in a simple and convenient manner than in any prior art purse, with which I am familiar. Coupled with the spreading of the walls of the pocket is a substantial depression of the floor of the tray combined with an elevation of the wings thereof, whereby an adequate marginal wall for the tray is provided, at times when needed, without interfering with the desired fiat, thin character of the purse when closed.

The invention has been disclosed herein for illustrative purposes but the scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description.

What I claim is:

1. A pocket receptacle, comprising, a casing made up of flexible material in the form of a flattened down tube, means for closing the ends of the latter, said casing affording a pocket and a winged tray formed as an extension of the mouth of the pocket and adapted to be folded over upon the pocket to close the latter, both walls of said casing being constructed to bend along predetermined lines, which extend one from each corner of the casing inwardly at an acute angle with the adjacent side edge of the oils ing.

2. A pocket receptacle, comprising, a casing made up of flexible material in the form of a flattened down tube, means for closing the ends of the latter, said casing affording a pocket and a winged tray formed as an extension of the mouth of the pocket, and adapted to be folded over upon the pocket .to close the latter, and a rcenforcement covering part of one wallof said pocket and having its side edges extending at an acute angle to the adjacent side edges of the pocket and converging toward the mouth of l the pocket.

3. A pocket receptacle, comprising, a casing made up of flexible material in the form of a. flattened down tube, means for closing the ends of the latter, said casing affording a pocket and a winged tray formed, as an exa tension of the mouth of the pocket and adapted to be folded over uponythe pocketto close the latter, and a reenforcement covering part of one wall of said pocket, and extending across the samewith its ends in spaced relation with the adjacent side edges of the pocket.

4. A pocket receptacle, comprising, a casing made upof flexible material in the form ofa flattened down tube, means for closing the ends of. the latter, said casing affording a pocket and a winged tray formed as an extension of the mouth of the pocket and adaptedto be folded over upon the pocket to close the latter, and 21V reenforcement applied to the top wall of said, pocket and; ex? tending across the same with its ends in spaced relation with the adjacent side edges of the pocket, said, reenforcement being channel shaped in crosssection to fit over said wall at the mouth of said pocket.

5. A pocket receptacle, comprising, a case ing of oblong shape made up of flexible ma terial in the form ofia flattened down tube, means for closing theends of the casingand tending to hold the two walls thereof against transverse bending at its ends, said casing being foldable along a transverseline inter mediate its ends so that one section thereof can be swung from an open position over upon the other section into a closed position, in which one part of one wall lies substantially contiguous with the other part, one of said parts of said wall being cut away except for marginal portions along the sides and the closed end leaving an opening normally closed by the other part when the easing is in closed position, both walls of said casing being constructed with a tendency to bend along predetermined lines when the sides of the open casing are squeezed together near said transverse line, said predetermined lines leading from the corners of I so against terial in the form of a the casing at each end and extending inwardly at acute angles with the adjacent sides of the casing.

6. A pocket receptacle,comprising, a casing of oblong shape made up of flexible mafiattened down tube, means for closing the ends of the casing and tending to hold the two walls thereof transverse bending at its ends, said casing being foldable along a transverse line intermediate its ends so that one section thereof can be swung from an open position over upon the other section into a closed position in which one part of onewall lies substantially contiguous with the other part, one of said parts of said wall being cut away except formarginal portions along the sides and 'the closed end leaving an opening normally closed by the other part when the casing is in closed position, and means for causing the walls of said casing to bend along definite lines when the sides of the open casing are squeezed together near said transverse line, said definite lines extending from the corners of the casing at each end and extending inwardly at acute angles with the adjacent sides of the casing.

7. A pocket receptacle, comprising, a casing having substantially square ends and made up in the form of a flattenedtube'from flexible material, the edges of which are joined together by a longitudinal seam, means for closing each end of the casing and arranged to stilfen such ends to resist transverse bending, the latter adapted to be folded along a transverse line intermediate such ends so that one section may be superposed upon the other with their inner walls insubstantially contiguous relation, one of said sect-ions havingits inner face cut away except for marginal portions along opposite side edges and one closed end, whereby a winged tray is formed by the last named sec tion and a pocket is formed by the other section adapted for communication with the tray, said seam extending longitudinally of the casing and intermediate its side edges.

8. A pocket receptacle, comprising, a casing having substantially square ends and made up in the form of a flattened tube from flexible-material, the edges of which are joined together by a longitudinal seam, means for closing each end of the casing and arranged to stiffen such ends to resist transverse bending, the latter adapted to be folded along a transverse line intermediate such ends so that one section may be superposed upon the other with the inner walls thereof in substantially contiguous relation, one ol said sections having its inner face cut away except for marginal portions along opposite side edges and one closed end, whereby a winged tray is formed by the last named section and a pocket is formed by the other section adapted for communication with the tray, said seam extending longitudinally of the inner face of said pocket intermediate its side edges from the closed to the open end thereof and also extending across that marginal portion which is disposed along said end and substantially at right angles thereto.

9. A flexible pocket receptacle, comprise mg, a casing made up from flexible material in the form of a flattened down tube with unstitched and freely flexible side edges, a strip of flexible material longer than the casing disposed adjacent one wall of the easing and secured to the other wall of the casing along one side edge and both ends thereof thereby serving to close the otherwise open ends of said casing, the first named wall terminating at its ends short of and in spaced relation with the corresponding ends of the other wall, an opening providing in the latter wall, and means for causing said walls to bend along predetermined lines when the side edges of the easing are squeezed toward one another near the center of the casing, said prcdeternlined lines extending from the corners of the erasing in inclined relation with said side edges until each line intersects another or a wall of said opening. In testimony whereof I have allixed my signature.

WARNER R. BUX'LON. 

